Rose Water Turkish Delight
Description
This recipe for Turkish delight is flavored with rose water, as per tradition, but easily adapts to other liquid flavoring.
Ingredients
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cooking spray
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2 cups white sugar
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1 cup water
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3 (1/4 ounce) envelopes unflavored gelatin
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2 teaspoons rose water
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1 dash red food coloring, or desired amount
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1 cup confectioners' sugar
Directions
1
Line a 9-inch cake pan with enough aluminum foil to have it hanging over the sides; spray with non-stick cooking spray and set aside.
2
Stir sugar, water, and gelatin together in a large pot; bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium, and cook at a simmer, stirring constantly, for 20 minutes.
3
Stir rose water and food coloring into the mixture in the pot; pour directly into the prepared cake pan.
4
Cover pan with plastic wrap and refrigerate 8 hours to overnight.
5
Lightly dust a cutting board with some of the confectioners' sugar. Invert cake pan onto the cutting board. Gently peel aluminum foil from the surface of the gelatin. Cut gelatin into squares.
6
Spread confectioners' sugar into a wide, shallow dish. Roll gelatin squares in the sugar to coat.